A Tenant's guide to renting

stefanfranz

Love this post, amazing collection of info for tenants. We built a site also for the same reasons: to provide quality information to tenants before they move into a property. Please have a look, and use it if you find it useful. Only if we get enough coverage, we can change the way information is biased towards agents and landlords, and against tenants!

The site is called www dot rate a flat dot co dot uk (no spaces, dot = .).

Thanks,
Stefan

lauranicola

I am currently a student living in a private rented house.

I was in a contract from 1st September 2012- 1st September 2013; however due to a change in circumstances, I wished to vacate the property on the 1st July 2013. The estate agent advised me to find a replacement tenant who would take over my contract for these months.

I found a tenant who was willing to take over my tenancy agreement and take the tenancy for the following academic year. She signed the contract for July-September and paid a deposit and a months rent. This contract was signed by myself to verify that my contract was being taken over.

I have today been informed by the estate agent that the replacing tenant has decided to opt out of the summer rental.

The estate agent is claiming I am now liable for the remaining rent for these 2 months due to her changing her mind...however the contract was signed and a deposit was paid. Is this the case?

Please can anyone give me any advise, anything would be much appreciated!

ferenc

Hi. Yesterday we went out for dinner. When we came home the whole unit was under water. Some pipe broke in the kitchen. We dont have our insurrance. 50% or our goods are gone. Can I claim anything? Need some advice we are very desperate.

grifferz

ferenc wrote: »

Hi. Yesterday we went out for dinner. When we came home the whole unit was under water. Some pipe broke in the kitchen. We dont have our insurrance. 50% or our goods are gone. Can I claim anything? Need some advice we are very desperate.

You need to post this as a new thread as very few people who answer questions are monitoring this massive thread.

rosielea

I'm to be moving into a bungalow in the next few weeks, one of the things I'm worried about is whether I'll be able to clean it sufficiently for moving in as I'm disabled and the previous tenant was a very heavy smoker and has left the place covered in a thick layer of yellow nicotine. The Housing Association say that they have emptied the property and cleaned up and the rest is for me to do but surely they would have cleaned it a bit more thoroughly. Where do I stand? Can I ask them to re-clean or get them to give me more time to clean before the move?

Neilwater

Hi.Joe I am new here plz guide me how I go ahead..

roisin75

thank you for this post its very useful, we have just sold our house and finalising next friday, we are moving into a rented house for a few years, we have met the LL and this is being done through the estate agents that have sold our house.

But either way a very useful post thank you. Fingers crossed our tenancy will be smooth (ish)

noplams

A really nice guide for money saving. Its very helping.

adelaine041

Thanks for sharing! A lot of renters especially the new ones will learn from this.

ashokatomik

I am renting a property along with 4 others in East London. Each tenant has a separate agreement with the landlord who actually acts as a letting agent for the house owner. He also maintains the property.

About a month ago one of the bath taps quite unexpectedly broke off in my hand with minimum force.

After dilly-dallying for a month, the landlord finally replaced the taps but wants us to pay for the repairs. His contention is that the tap was intact when we moved in and now it is broken with our using it. He says that he cannot discount the fact that undue force had been used.

We don't feel that we are liable since the bath taps were beyond warranty and had been used by the house owner for a long time before we moved in. The break happened at a join with minimum force due to normal wear and tear. We had used the taps for almost 6 months without any mishaps and knew very well how much force was required.

So who is right and why?